Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /]עִידַּן הָאֶבֶן, תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן The word עידן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] means age in the sense of era (it’s also a common name, mostly for boys), so that עידן האבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] is the stone age, עידן הברזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /] is the iron age, etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עידן-האבן-#.m4a” /]הוא חי בעידן האבן, לא מוכן…

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /]כַּתָּבָה, מַאֲמָר Hebrew has two words for article of the type you’ll see in a newspaper or website: כתבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /] and מאמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /]. כתבה comes from the root כ.ת.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כתבה-#.m4a” /] meaning writing. It refers to articles that present readers with information so that they form their own conclusions. For example:…

The new school year is starting and what better way to get ready to go back than with an interactive Hebrew lesson for the whole family? This webinar has it all: fun, learning and amazing prizes! Let’s get ready to go back to school! The webinars will take place in the evening (Israel time) on…

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /]מְעוֹנוֹת מעון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /] is a fancy word for house – it’s like the English word residence. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /]מעון ראש הממשלה ממוקם ברחוב בלפור בירושלים. The prime minister’s residence is located on Balfour Street in Jerusalem. A dormitory or dormitories are מעונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מעונות-#.m4a” /] – literally, residences. For example: [audioclip…

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עוד-מעט-#.m4a” /]עוֹד מְעַט, בְּקָרוֹב Hebrew has two ways of saying soon. Which one to choose depends on whether you want to sound casual or a bit formal. עוד מעט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עוד-מעט-#.m4a” /] is the more casual version. It means something like in a little bit (literally it’s a bit more). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/עוד-מעט-#.m4a” /]סבלנות,…